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Gmelin, J.F. (1789). Amphibia - Pisces. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(3). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 1033-1516. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25749426 [details]

Descriptive notes

Distribution Western Atlantic: Nova Scotia (Canada), Bermuda, and northern Gulf of Mexico to Argentina; observed in Trundy Reef, Cape...

Distribution Western Atlantic: Nova Scotia (Canada), Bermuda, and northern Gulf of Mexico to Argentina; observed in Trundy Reef, Cape Elizabeth, ME at 43o35.405N, 70o11.902W (photo ID verified by LVG 7 Aug 2008) [details]

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2024). FishBase. Balistes capriscus Gmelin, 1789. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=154721 on 2024-11-21

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-04-19 07:59:47Z

created

Appeltans, Ward

2008-01-15 17:27:08Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

2008-02-28 13:41:07Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

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original description Gmelin, J.F. (1789). Amphibia - Pisces. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(3). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 1033-1516. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25749426 [details]

original description (of Balistes carolinensis Gmelin, 1789) Gmelin, J. F. (1789). Caroli a Linné ... Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species; cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decimo tertia, aucta, reformata. 3 vols. in 9 parts. Lipsiae,. 1788-93. v. 1 (pt 3): 1033-1516 [Fishes on pp. 1126-1516].
page(s): 1468 [details]

original description (of Balistes buniva Lacepède, 1803) Lacepède, B.G.E. (1803). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome Cinquieme. 5(1-21): i-lxviii + 1-803 + index., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6335629
page(s): 668, 669, Pl. 21 (fig. 1) [details]

original description (of Balistes caprinus Valenciennes, 1839) Valenciennes, A. (1837-1844). Ichthyologie des îles Canaries, ou histoire naturelle des poissons rapportés par Webb & Berthelot. In: P. B. Webb & S. Berthelot. Histoire naturelle des îles Canaries. Paris. v. 2 (pt 2): 1-109, 26 pls. [details]

original description (of Balistes forcipatus Gmelin, 1789) Gmelin, J. F. (1789). Caroli a Linné ... Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species; cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decimo tertia, aucta, reformata. 3 vols. in 9 parts. Lipsiae,. 1788-93. v. 1 (pt 3): 1033-1516 [Fishes on pp. 1126-1516].
page(s): 1472 [details]

original description (of Balistes moribundus Cope, 1871) Cope, E. D. (1871). Contribution to the ichthyology of the Lesser Antilles. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society (New Series). v. 14 (pt 3) (art. 5): 445-483.
page(s): 478 [details]

original description (of Balistes spilotopterygius Walbaum, 1792) Walbaum, J. J. (1792). Petri Artedi sueci genera piscium. In quibus systema totum ichthyologiae proponitur cum classibus, ordinibus, generum characteribus, specierum differentiis, observationibus plurimis. Redactis speciebus 242 ad genera 52. Ichthyologiae pars III. Ant. Ferdin. Rose, Grypeswaldiae [Greifswald]. Part 3: [i-viii] + 1-723, Pls. 1-3.
page(s): 455 [details]

original description (of Balistes powellii Cope, 1870) Cope, E. D. (1870). Observations on some fishes new to the American fauna, found at Newport, R. I. by Samuel Powell. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. v. 22: 118-121.
page(s): 120 [details]

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]

context source (Bermuda) Smith-Vaniz, W. F.; Collette, B. B.; Luckhurst, B. E (1999). Fishes of Bermuda: History, zoogeography, annotated checklist, and identification keys (American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists - Special Publication No.4) . ASIH, 424 pp. [details]

basis of record Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2024). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco. Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2024., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]

additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2024). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]

additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]

source of synonymy Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2024). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco. Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2024., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]

ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. Scientific Data. 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]

Present

Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Unreviewed

Diet Feeds on benthic invertebrates like mollusks and crustaceans [details]

Habitat Inhabits bays, harbors, lagoons, and seaward reefs. [details]

Habitat nektonic [details]

Importance Social- Commercial, fishery, gamefish and aquarium fish [details]

Definitions

Language	Name
Albanian	peshku derr [from synonym]peshk derr [from synonym]	[details]
Basque	baleztarraina [from synonym]	[details]
Breton	peroked [from synonym]	[details]
Catalan	surer [from synonym]porcell [from synonym]peix ballesta [from synonym]	[details]
Croatian	kostorok [from synonym]	[details]
Danish	almindelig aftrækkerfisk [from synonym]	[details]
Dutch	trekkervisgrijze trekkervis	[details]
English	turbottrigger-fish [from synonym]triggerfishleather-jacketgrey trigger-fish [from synonym]grey triggerfish [from synonym]gray triggerfish	[details]
Finnish	säppikala [from synonym]	[details]
French	perroquet [from synonym]cochon de mer [from synonym]baliste perroquet [from synonym]baliste commun [from synonym]baliste cabri [from synonym]baliste	[details]
German	Schweinedrückerfisch [from synonym]Drückerfisch [from synonym]	[details]
Hebrew	ניצרן ים-תיכוני [from synonym]	[details]
Italian	pesce porco [from synonym]pesce balestra [from synonym]	[details]
Maltese	hmar [from synonym]	[details]
Modern Greek (1453-)	Βαλιστής [from synonym]	[details]
Norwegian	avtrekkerfisk [from synonym]	[details]
Norwegian Bokmål	avtrekkerfisk	[details]
Norwegian Nynorsk	avtrekkerfisk	[details]
Polish	rogatnica [from synonym]	[details]
Portuguese	peixe-porcocangulo	[details]
Romanian	balista [from synonym]	[details]
Russian	Рыба курок	[details]
Serbian	mihaca [from synonym]	[details]
Slovenian	balestra [from synonym]	[details]
Spanish	pez ballestapejepuerco blancopampo [from synonym]escopeta [from synonym]	[details]
Swedish	gråtryckarfiskgrå tryckarfisk	[details]
Turkish	yasemin baligi [from synonym]çütre balığı [from synonym]cutre baligi [from synonym]çotira [from synonym]	[details]
Ukrainian	Риба курок	[details]
Welsh	pysgodyn clicied [from synonym]	[details]